The effects of symmetry on the dynamics of antigenic variation

Details The effects of symmetry on the dynamics of antigenic variation The effects of symmetry on the dynamics of antigenic variation

2012-02-20

arxiv.org/abs/1202.4290v1

Nonlinear Sciences

Chaotic Dynamics

21 pages, 4 figures; J. Math. Biol. (2012), Online First

Scientific paper

10.1007/s00285-012-0508-y

In the studies of dynamics of pathogens and their interactions with a host immune system, an important role is played by the structure of antigenic variants associated with a pathogen. Using the example of a model of antigenic variation in malaria, we show how many of the observed dynamical regimes can be explained in terms of the symmetry of interactions between different antigenic variants. The results of this analysis are quite generic, and have wider implications for understanding the dynamics of immune escape of other parasites, as well as for the dynamics of multi-strain diseases.

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